OverviewBig Kahunas is a popular water park located in
Destin, Florida. It's a relatively large water park with a decent
variety of slides, pools, fountains, play areas, and lazy
rivers. Here's a list of the
park's features:

Bombs Away Bay

Cobra Twister

Crocodile flats

Fun Fountains

Hammerhead

Honolulu Half Pipe

Humunga River

Jumanji

Lazy River

Maui Pipeline Speed Slides

Monkey River

Kid's Slides

Pleasure Island

Raging Rhino River

Thunder River

Tiki River Run

Wave Pool

The park caters to the family
very well. They have lockers for dry clothes and valuables, a
variety of food and drink options, and convenient places for mom
to park under an umbrella while dad the kids play in the water.

Our impression of the park is
favorable. The facilities seem very clean, and the staff and
lifeguards are fun and professional. As is the case all too
often these days, it's a pretty expensive activity for a family
of six. However, it's an all day thing, so the value is actually
pretty good.

Scroll down for a PB&J Journal
entry and lots of pictures.

Adventure JournalEntry Date:
June 2011For their 7th birthday, Mother Goose
(Rebecca's Mom) gave the twins passes to Big Kahunas water
park in Destin. We don't do this type of thing (ie
expensive) very often, but we like to do one or two special
things while vacationing in the
Florida Panhandle, especially on occasions like
birthdays.

We arrived at Big Kahunas water park midday,
and the parking lot was already pretty full. We were worried
about a crowd at
first because there was a line at the gate. Our worries were
soon quelled. We never had to wait for any of the attractions
for more than a minute or two.

After stashing dry clothes and
valuables in a couple of lockers, we headed for the water. The
rest of the day is a blur. We went from slide to slide, and took
breaks in the lazy river. A little thunder storm blew in mid
afternoon, so we took cover in the food court area. Not to
worry, if you don't like the weather in Florida, hang around for
a while, it'll change. If it doesn't, Big Kahunas will give you
a rain check. Fortunately for us, the rain passed quickly, and
we were back in the water.

The Richardson Tribe played hard
at Big Kahunas, and we got our money's worth. From there, we
went to one of the many
Alvin's
Islands and bought hermit crabs for all the kids before
heading back to the beach house in Seagrove. What an awesome
day, and what a great birthday gift for the twins.

Note:
There was an incident that frustrated us, especially me. When
buying tickets, the attendant mis-read the height indicator for
the twins, and charged us an adult admission for both (48"). I
expressed my discontent, but let it slide. Once in the park, the
twins were not tall enough to do some of the slides that
required a 48" height. Initially I thought the measuring device
at the gate was incorrect. Turns out, the gate attendant was
looking at the wrong mark on the height indicator. Big Kahunas
management apologized for the error via Facebook, but never
offered to reimburse the overcharge. Doesn't matter, we still
liked the place. Take mucho Dinero though.

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